My Cat Looks Like My Dad

by Thao Lam (Author)

My Cat Looks Like My Dad
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
New from the creator of Wallpaper and Skunk on a String comes a witty and uplifting picture book that will speak to families of all varieties about how family really is what you make it. Minimal text paired with bright paper-collage illustrations create comparisons on each spread in which the narrator talks about their family--especially the striking similarities between Dad and the cat. Both have orange hair, love milk, start their days with stretches, appreciate a good nap, and are brave (some of the time). The narrator is more like Mom, with wild hair, blue eyes, and a love of dancing. A surprising twist at the end reveals the narrator's unexpected identity, also hinted at with clues in the art throughout the book. Warmth and whimsy in the illustrations add a playful balance to the story's deeper message about the love that makes a family a unit, no matter how unusual it may look from the outside.
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$17.95

Review quotes

"Clever and sweet, with broad appeal for all ages, this is a title young readers and their adults will reach for again and again."—School Library Journal - STARRED REVIEW
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781771473514
Lexile Measure
360
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Owlkids
Publication date
April 20, 2019
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV002050 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Cats
JUV002190 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Pets
JUV013060 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents
Library of Congress categories
Humorous stories
Cats
Picture books
Families
Family life
Fathers
Resemblance (Philosophy)

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